๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Common Diving-Petrel live?

Pelecanoides urinatrix has 28,260 records in 15 countries and territories, from 1854 to 2026. Most records come from New Zealand.

Common Diving-Petrel
Common Diving-Petrel โ€” unknown / CC BY 4.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesProcellariiformesPelecanoididaePelecanoides

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
New Zealand 10,047
Australia 7,521
Antarctica 2,423
South Georgia 1,631
Falkland Islands 693
Heard & McDonald Islands 492
ZZ 455
Argentina 422
Chile 299
French Southern Territories 232
South Africa 91
Saint Helena 53
Norfolk Island 14
United Kingdom 7
Bouvet Island 2

Related animals

Others in the family Pelecanoididae.

South Georgia Diving-Petrel
1,740 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.